While it is true that there is no one “correct” way to draw and release a bow, certain methods are appropriate for certain contexts and equipment and some simply won’t work at all. For example, the way Katniss draws her longbow in the movies with a very low anchor is really more appropriate to someone shooting a modern recurve or compound bow with sights at long distances. I say this with some reservation because Asian…

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 Yes and no. The orc siege of Helm’s Deep in the film version of the Two Towers shows the battle taking place during an intense downpour. Archers from all sides loose arrows despite the fact that their bowstrings would have become completely saturated with water. Every archer knows that water is one of the worst enemies a bowstring made from natural materials can have. This is the main reason why archers historically have waxed their…

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